The Official 2020 Major League Baseball Season Updates Thread

[Claude]

1 hour ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Jesus Christ Claude, with all due respect, your bad take percentage is off the charts. If we could display it next to our user names you'd be embarrassed.

Well I’m involved with several charities. I have no problem sharing with you what I’ve seen personally. I’m not looking for a merit badge here but I certainly won’t feel sorry for the Billionaires and Millionaires in MLB. 

Yesterday, like every Saturday the past 8 weeks I helped donate and distribute food to families that have never been in a position to ask for it before. It’s tough out there for many people. I’ve been very fortunate with my business that it allows me to give back to my community. There’s a need and I’m happy to do it. No complaints. 
 

All I’m saying is that while the owners and players are bickering about profits and salaries maybe they should take a little time to become ambassadors of goodwill and do something special for the victims of Covid-19. Something like Live Aid. Maybe set up a huge baseball week of games and or skills for charity. I had a chance to watch golf today that raised $5M for charity. If that kind of idea is so bad then I don’t know what has happened to our society. Baseball has a huge opportunity to put their own needs aside do something special right now but.....profit

Bad take? Ok I’ll live with that. 

Edited May 18, 2020 by RendZone

[Stradling]

We all get it, you are a good guy.  Prove you’re a good guy on here by staying out of threads where you are basically just going to derail them with takes no one agrees with.  You don’t want them to play this year, fine, start a thread stating that instead of ripping every idea in this thread.  

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 hour ago, RendZone said:

Well I’m involved with several charities. I have no problem sharing with you what I’ve seen personally. I’m not looking for a merit badge here but I certainly won’t feel sorry for the Billionaires and Millionaires in MLB. 

Yesterday, like every Saturday the past 8 weeks I helped donate and distribute food to families that have never been in a position to ask for it before. It’s tough out there for many people. I’ve been very fortunate with my business that it allows me to give back to my community. There’s a need and I’m happy to do it. No complaints. 
 

All I’m saying is that while the owners and players are bickering about profits and salaries maybe they should take a little time to become ambassadors of goodwill and do something special for the victims of Covid-19. Something like Live Aid. Maybe set up a huge baseball week of games and or skills for charity. I had a chance to watch golf today that raised $5M for charity. If that kind of idea is so bad then I don’t know what has happened to our society. Baseball has a huge opportunity to put their own needs aside do something special right now but.....profit

Bad take? Ok I’ll live with that. 

I'm sure you are a good guy, and I'm sure your takes come from a good place. I think you just have an emotional reaction to things that don't require them. It would be great if they got together and did a charity focused all star weekend, but to expect them to make that a priority when they are struggling to figure out how to not lose billions of dollars is not realistic. 

For all the crap you give him Albert does a lot of great work with the Pujols foundation... 

[Chuck]

16 hours ago, Stradling said:

We all get it, you are a good guy.  Prove your a good guy on here by staying out of threads where you are basically just going to derail them with takes no one agrees with.  You don’t want them to play this year, fine, start a thread stating that instead of ripping every idea in this thread.  

[Chuck]

Woah, this is big turn of events with CA's Governor. 

 

[Bronson]

[eligrba4ever]

42 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Woah, this is big turn of events with CA's Governor. 

 

Gov. Cuomo has expressed a similar position regarding New York. At least that's what I think I heard on the car radio about an hour ago.

So there may be access to ballparks (without fans in the stands) in the biggest markets if players and owners can solve some of the other big problems they still face.

[beatlesrule]

18 hours ago, Stradling said:

We all get it, you are a good guy.  Prove your a good guy on here by staying out of threads where you are basically just going to derail them with takes no one agrees with.  You don’t want them to play this year, fine, start a thread stating that instead of ripping every idea in this thread.  

You're.

[Stradling]

2 hours ago, beatlesrule said:

You're.

Thnx

[Claude]

[Bronson]

3 hours ago, RendZone said:

Damn. Must’ve been a blood clot from the broken ankle.

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 5/15/2020 at 8:28 AM, Tank said:

This president hates children!!"

Meh... I think we all do

[ten ocho recon scout]

15 hours ago, RendZone said:

Damn... 

[Stradling]

Heart attack

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 5/16/2020 at 9:14 AM, ScottT said:

7 inning games aren't happening 

They are when Bedrosian comes in.

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 5/18/2020 at 12:36 PM, Chuckster70 said:

Woah, this is big turn of events with CA's Governor. 

 

Dodger stadium empty.

Fan still gets stabbed.

[ukyah]

On 5/17/2020 at 4:59 PM, AngelsLakersFan said:

The biggest problem standing in the way is the incompetent leadership of the MLBPA. 

 

while i agree that tony clark is incompetent, i don't think that is the biggest impediment to progress. i think the owners renegotiating a two month old deal is the biggest problem. idiots like snell piping up and saying they should get their entire salaries don't help either.

i believe there will be baseball played in june, but i'm not confident in the season completing. i believe we are going to have a second lockdown of this after summer, and i think that's when we reach lows most of us are not imagining. i'm not a doomsday guy, but i see almost all people not taking this very seriously at all, and the ones that do are being fed half measures and false guidelines. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

52 minutes ago, ukyah said:

while i agree that tony clark is incompetent, i don't think that is the biggest impediment to progress. i think the owners renegotiating a two month old deal is the biggest problem. idiots like snell piping up and saying they should get their entire salaries don't help either.

i believe there will be baseball played in june, but i'm not confident in the season completing. i believe we are going to have a second lockdown of this after summer, and i think that's when we reach lows most of us are not imagining. i'm not a doomsday guy, but i see almost all people not taking this very seriously at all, and the ones that do are being fed half measures and false guidelines. 

Well the virus itself is the biggest issue, but aside from that I'm only really concerned with the players not accepting a deal that benefits both them and the owners to each others detriment. 

[m0nkey]

Yes!! We have content to entertain ourselves the next few days!

 

 

[Claude]

53 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Yes!! We have content to entertain ourselves the next few days!

 

 

Jeets played in 158 postseason games and has 5 championship rings. That’s never going to happen again. Amazing career. 

[Angels Never Die]

Meanwhile, there's a shitload of archived baseball (and basketball) on youtube that I only would've dreamed of back in the 2000's. I'm trying to appreciate that.

[Chuck]

We have baseball news!! 

Thoughts? Do you think the owners will agree to this proposal and the two sides agree by the end of this week? 

[beatlesrule]

I think some reports have the owners rejecting it right away. This is all getting too confusing for me.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

I still have 0 confidence there will be a season. 

[Lou]

6 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Do you think the owners will agree to this proposal?

Interesting question.

I would say there's no way in hell that happens.